The Moderating Effect of Machiavellianism in The Relationship Between Belief in A Just World and Counterproductive Work Behavior


Güldü Ö.

5. International Congress of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye, 21 - 22 Mayıs 2023, ss.155

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Ankara
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.155
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aimed to examine the moderating effect of machiavellianism in the relationship between belief in a just world and counterproductive work behavior.

Data were collected from 306 employees. 31.7% were females (97 people), whereas 68.3% were males (209 people). The mean age of the participants was 41.33 (SD = 7.48).

A Just World Scale (Öcel, 2009), Counterproductive Work Behavior Scale (Spector et al., 2006), and Machiavellianism Scale (Christie and Geis, 1970) were used in the data collection phase.

The moderating effect of machiavellianism in the relationship between belief in a just world and counterproductive work behavior was tested using the PROCESS macro analysis (Model 1) for SPSS (Hayes, 2018).

According to the results of the regression analysis based on the bootstrap method conducted to determine the moderating effect of machiavellianism in the relationship between belief in a just world and counterproductive work behavior characteristic is significant (F3,302 = 10.61, p<.001). All variables (belief in a just world, machiavellianism, and interaction variable) explain about 10% (R2 = .095) of change in counterproductive work behavior. Belief in a just world affects counterproductive work behavior positively (b = .530, t = 2.72, p<.05). Machiavellianism affects counterproductive work behavior positively, also (b =.490, t = 2.93, p<.01). The interaction effect (moderator effect) of belief in a just world and machiavellianism variables on counterproductive work behavior is significant (b = .066, t = 2.99, p<.01).

This result shows that the relationship between belief in a just world and counterproductive work behavior is regulated by machiavellianism in the business environment. In other words, machiavellianism has a moderating effect.